One of the residents, Mike Agbo said that the gang leader and others were apprehended during the week.
A notorious kidnap gang leader identified as Yusuf Muhamed has been arrested in Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State.
He was arrested as a result of the effort of a combined team of Policemen from Benue and Enugu States.
It was gathered that the suspect and his group had been terrorising some communities in the local government leading the chairman of the local government to impose curfew in the council.
One of the residents, Mike Agbo said that the gang leader and others were apprehended during the week.
“The suspect’s identity was confirmed by three kidnapped victims who revealed that Muhamed was the officer in charge of torture in the kidnappers’ camp,” he said.
The chairman of Ogbadibo LGA, Sunday Ajunwa, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Saturday, August 30, said that the kidnapper’s gang leader was arrested by combined teams of policemen and vigilance group in the area.
“It is true that Yusuf has been arrested by the combined team of Police from Makurdi and Enugu as well as the vigilante in the area. He attempted to run but the youths pursued and caught him. Those he kidnapped made a confessional statement of how he tortured them in captivity,” Ajunwa said.
The chairman added that the suspect alongside 21 other suspects was in police custody.
Ajunwa who also confirmed that the rampant insecurity in his council made him impose curfew from 6pm to 6am said that the security situation in the area has improved.
"The security situation in Orokam is stable though the curfew from 6pm to 6am is still enforced. But I am thinking of lifting it after meeting with security agencies and stakeholders,” the chairman added.